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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system






2. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






3. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold






4. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project






5. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle






6. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






7. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






8. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






9. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






10. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date






11. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






12. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed






13. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






14. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process






15. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it






16. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






17. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements






18. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






19. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






20. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications






21. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds






22. Narrative description of products - services or results






23. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into






24. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






25. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






26. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






27. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity






28. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






29. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






30. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions






31. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






32. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






33. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






34. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work






35. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






36. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance






37. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com






38. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines






39. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






40. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






41. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






42. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






43. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline






44. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






45. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information






46. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.






47. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)






48. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






49. Project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into the potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Monte Carlo Analysis






50. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy